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HTML

Posted by alex axel
alex axel
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whats the difference between header and head html element ?

whats the difference between them plz

1 Answer

Haider Ali
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Haider Ali
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Hi there, although head and header sound quite similar, they are actually quite different to each other; the header of a website is the big block displayed at the top. This may vary between websites as every website is different and individual. Also, it is here you normally see the title of the website and often the navigation bar. On the other hand, the head tag usually holds metadata and thinks like links to external files. If you had an external CSS or JavaScript file, you would link it to your html page by using the <link> tag inside of the head. Hope this helps!

Thanks,

Haider